Area Baseball: Wildcats claw Heat 15-2

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May 5, 2018 at 12:01 AM

STRONGHURST — The Galva High School baseball team opened up a six run lead early in the game and went on to defeat West Central 15-2 in six innings on Friday.

The Wildcats (8-12) led 6-0 after 1 1/2 innings. The Heat (4-10) plated two runs in their half of the second to make it 6-2. Galva scored three runs in the fourth and added six more in the sixth to end the game early.

Jerrod Cortes was 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs to lead Galva. Gunner Spivey was 2-for-4 with three RBIs, Mason Kaiser and Nathan Berry each finished 2-for-4 and Ethan Peterson drove in a pair of runs for the Wildcats.

Spivey earned the win on the mound, giving up six hits, two runs and striking out three in a complete game.

Nathan Bigger and Bradon Annegers each went 2-for-3 and Nathan Wetzel and Todd Hawley each drove in a run to lead West Central.

Annegers gave up 13 hits, 15 runs, a walk and struck out two in six innings for the loss.

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